Miscellaneous Links

CURRENT EVENTS:

Eagle's Nest webcam- Decorah, Iowa

http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

Gulf Oil Spill

http://www.earthecho.org/index.html

Summer Olympics 2012
http://www.london2012.com/
Winter Olympics 2014
http://sochi2014.com/en/
Summer Olympics 2016
http://www.rio2016.org.br/en/

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Brain Pop

http://www.brainpop.com/
Coins are Hip
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/

Earth Echo International
http://www.earthecho.org/

Fact Hound
http://www.facthound.com/default.aspx

Free Rice

http://freerice.com/

National Geographic games

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/

Scarry for Safety - author Richard Scarry and American Automobile Association

http://aaasafeseats4kids.com/

RESOURCES:

Educational Videos - PBS

http://video.pbs.org/

Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/

NASA homepage and image of the day

http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/iotd.html

Space Weather News

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http://spaceweather.com

United States Mint - for Kids

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/

Roosevelt's Four Freedoms
http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/index.html?dod-date=106
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html
Picturing America
http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/
Presidents Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsePr32vOxA&feature=player_embedded
NASA homepageNavigating Facebook: A Parent's Guide
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/newslettersnewsletterbucketcurriculumconnections/888601-442/facebook.html.csp
RIF=Reading is Fundamental
http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet
Twitter: A Guide for Parents
http://www.walden.com/blogpost/twitter_for_parents_its_twitterific/?utm_source=MailingList&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10januarynewsletter
You Are the Historian - Investigating the First Thanksgiving
http://www.plimoth.org/education/olc/index_js2.html

The Wampanoag
http://www.bostonkids.org/educators/wampanoag/index.htm

A Visit from St. Nicholas [or 'Twas the Night Before Christmas]

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=MooNigh.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=1&division=div1

Clip Art sites

http://www.school-clip-art.com/teacher_clipart.shtml